Literary Elements Character Vs.

Technology
Characters  Since the dawn of the industrial age,
• A story’s characters are the humanity has had a turbulent relationship
doers of the actions with technology. Some see scientific
• Most of them take human
progress as a defiance of God and the
form on occasions, a story can natural, while others have used it to
emplay animal, fantastical question the limits of our morality, patience,
creatures and
greed.
Different Types of Characters
Character Vs. Supernatural
Role: In practice, character vs supernatural
Protagonist – Main lead conflicts will often see the protagonist face
Antagonist – The bad guy or girl of the off against the forces of fate, religion,
piece. Most of the plot is borne of the ghosts, gods, demons or aliens.
conflict between the protagonist and the
antagonist Character vs. fate
Deuteragonist – Sidekick • A prophecy 
• A curse
Quality: • A medical condition 
Flat characters/static (Two dimensional • An arranged marriage 
story) • Societal Expectations
Round characters/dynamic  • Traveling with time
Symbolic Example:
OEDIPUS REX by Sophoctes
Conflict Oedipus Complex, Electra Complex
A conflict is the central struggle that
motivates the characters and leads to a Character vs. Self
work's climax. Internal strife will stem from a debate that
• Conflict gives a story purpose
occurs within a character. It might originate
and motivates a story's plot. from any combination of the character's
• Internal and External
expectations, desires, duties, and fears. To
get what they want, they must make a
Character vs. Character(s)
choice that threatens to change the very
Particularly prevalent in fiction these days, fabric of who they are.
this type of external struggle pits the
individual against the collective. Setting
– adults (as seen from a teenager's Setting is defined simply as the time and
perspective) location in which the story takes place.
– systemic corruption • Setting helps make a story
– an oppressive government feel real and alive.
• context
Character VS. Nature • peried/time/literal
Stories that feature a "character vs. nature" • mood/tone
conflict will usually center on a character's • cultural or historical
survival.
Tone
refers to the author's attitude toward a
certain topic
Plot

1. Exposition
This is the very beginning of a story. During
the exposition, authors usually introduce the
major characters and settings to the reader.

2. Rising Action
Rising action is literally everything that
happens in a story that leads up to the
climax of the plot.

3. Conflict

4. Climax
The climax of the plot is the part of the story
where the characters finally have to face
and solve the major conflict. This is the
"peak" of the plot where all the tension of
the action finally comes to 

5. Falling actions

6. Resolution/Denouement
This is the conclusion of a story. But just
because it's called a "resolution" doesn't
mean every single issue is resolved happily
or even satisfactorily.